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Swiss corporations currently employ 3.4 million people, 2020 Headcount: Total Swiss direct investment abroad
around 3.4 million people abroad
2018 2019 2020
The total headcount of Swiss direct investors
abroad decreased slightly in 2020 compared with absolute % absolute % absolute %
the previous year, by 67,946 persons. At the
same time, the share of SwissHoldings member Members of SwissHoldings 1'508'440 44 1'503'036 43 1'572'111 46
companies in the total workforce increased by 3
percent compared with 2019. In total, they Other Industrial 517'915 15 545'716 16 547'103 16
employed 1,572,111 people abroad at the end of
2020. This increase is also primarily due to Other services 1'387'705 41 1'438'365 41 1'299'956 38
changes in SwissHoldings membership.
Mitglieder von SwissHoldings
Total 3'414'060 100 3'487'117 100 3'419'171 100
Übriger Industriebereich
Übriger Dienstleistungsbereich Source: Swiss National Bank

SwissHoldings member companies 1.8 million people, 2020 Headcount: Member companies worldwide
remain major employers
2018 2019 2020
SwissHoldings member companies employed
over 1.8 million people worldwide at the end of absolute % absolute % absolute %
2020. The changes compared with the previous
year are only marignal and correspond to an Members of SwissHoldings
increase of just under 70,000 people. While the abroad 1'508'440 88 1'503'036 88 1'572'111 89
headcount abroad increased compared with the
previous year, it decreased marginally in Members of SwissHoldings in 199'581 12 202'216 12 201'602 11
Germany. Switzerland

Total 1'708'021 100 1'705'253 100 1'773'713 100
Mitglieder von SwissHoldings im Ausland
Source: Swiss National Bank
Mitglieder von SwissHoldings im Inland